How does Steinbeck present Crooks as the biggest victim on the ranch - discuss Monday 24th October 2011 In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck presents Crooks‚ the black stable-buck as the biggest victim on the ranch because of his race. Crooks is also the most damaged person‚ emotionally and physically. He has a crooked back and has begun to mimic the cruel and violent behaviour of the other men on the ranch. The impact of his loneliness also makes him push people away‚ leaving him even
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REPORTER: The reporter/Nurse (Shekina) called with concerns for the victim‚ Blessing. According to the reporter‚ Linda (mother) was picked up (court order) for a mental evaluation and admitted on yesterday (10/20/2015). The Case Worker with the River Medical Health in Gautier picked the child up from school‚ and called Mattie to come and pick the child up (without any clothes) and take her to her home residence. The Case Worker told Mattie she would call her to give her more information about the
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Villain or heroine? Clytemnestra‚ one of the most misunderstood characters in all of the Oresteia. By most she is looked at as a terrible monster of a woman who killed her husband to take another man as her lover and then banished her children‚ but if her story is actually looked back on she might have every justifiable reason to have kicked Agamemnon to the curb. Not only does Agamemnon kill her daughter just so he can go to war –talk about daddy problems-‚ but they begin much before that when
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Is Shylock from the Merchant of Venice a villain or victim? My English teacher asked us this and it kept me thinking. Is Shylock a villain because of his attitude towards Christians or a victim because he lost his daughter and lost in court? 5 years ago Report Abuse CATHORIO Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Hi flow interesting question. But I have one for you??? Which is the greater love‚ Shylock’s love for his daughter or his love of money??? Often‚ The character Shylock‚ in Shakespeare’s
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Rape Victims Outside in the rain‚ a young man approached the house. He knew exactly where to go‚ he had been watching the back door. No one knows how often he had been out there‚ but he knew exactly where to find the hidden key. It was hidden in a woodpile behind some bushes next to the whit picked fence. He used it to let himself in the back door. He walked through the kitchen‚ around a corner‚ up the stairs‚ past the kids’ rooms‚ and into Ross’s bedroom. She’d been asleep for about half
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The villain Magneto killed millions of people‚ Loki the great trickster god who managed to kill over 80 people in his first 2 days on earth and Khan opened fire on unarmed Captains of Starfleet during a meeting. All three are seen as classic super villains out for blood. Can their actions be justified though? Can we truly justify the actions of a great super villain by their past experiences‚ by their perspective or even by their personality traits twisting their morals into something more? We will
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herself” (2014‚ p. 306). In addition‚ if an individual feels imminent threat‚ excessive force‚ or reasonable fear or force justifiable homicide can be used as a form of defense when killing an individual. The autobiographical book “I am Not Your Victim” helped me to understand the types of domestic violence abuse committed
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In the book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe Okonkwo is depicted as a hero in many ways‚ however he can also be depicted as a villain. I believe that Okonkwo possesses characteristics of both a hero and a villain. In Things Fall Apart Okonkwo is described as a villain‚ a villian can be described as a cruelly malicious person. These qualities are seen through the qoute “His wives‚ especially the youngest‚ lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper”. This quote show that he beats
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter"‚ Roger Chillingworth‚Hester’s husband‚ is a villain because he becomes a man deficient in human warmth due to his desire to gain revenge against Hester’s forbidden paramour:Reverend Dimmesdale. His vindictive desire and malice affects his external appearance and makes him torture Reverend Dimmesdale. Roger Chillingworth is a villain because he wants to exact revenge against Dimmesdale.When Chillingworth talk to Hester in her prison cell‚ he
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein highlights key issues that are prevalent not only in her society but others as well. One of the central flaws displayed in the book is a skewed sense of morality and guilt. Both Victor Frankenstein and his creation blame their actions and reactions on other people or higher powers‚ things or beings they deem to be out of their control. Also‚ Victor doesn’t consider what will happen after he animates his creation or whether creating life artificially with science is
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